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diff --git a/WHATSNEW.txt b/WHATSNEW.txt index 0ce24fb60f..52f3055572 100644 --- a/WHATSNEW.txt +++ b/WHATSNEW.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -What's new in Samba 4 alpha2 +What's new in Samba 4 alpha3 ============================ Samba 4 is the ambitious next version of the Samba suite that is being @@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ Samba 4 is currently not yet in a state where it is usable in production environments. Note the WARNINGS below, and the STATUS file, which aims to document what should and should not work. -Samba4 alpha2 follows on from our first alpha release, made in +Samba4 alpha3 follows on from our first alpha release, made in September, and the Technology Preview series we have offered for some time now. WARNINGS ======== -Samba4 alpha2 is not a final Samba release. That is more a reference +Samba4 alpha3 is not a final Samba release. That is more a reference to Samba4's lack of the features we expect you will need than a statement of code quality, but clearly it hasn't seen a broad deployment yet. If you were to upgrade Samba3 (or indeed Windows) to @@ -64,29 +64,27 @@ working on modules to map between AD-like behaviours and this backend. We are aiming for Samba 4 to be powerful frontend to large directories. -CHANGES SINCE Alpha 1 +CHANGES SINCE Alpha2 ===================== -In the time since Samba4 Alpha1 was released in September 2007, Samba has +In the time since Samba4 Alpha2 was released in December 2007, Samba has continued to evolve, but you may particularly notice these areas: - MMC Support: The Active Directory Users and Computers console now - handles group membership correctly. + Python Bindings: Bindings for Python are now in place, and used for + Samba's provision script, slowly displacing EJS as the embedded + scripting language - member/memberOf: These and other linked attributes are now kept in - sync + SWAT Disabled: Due to a lack of developer time and without a + long-term web developer to maintain it, the SWAT web UI has been + disabled. - subtree renames: Renaming a subtree of LDAP objects is now possible, - with all linked attributes being kept consistant. + Oplock support: Samba4's file server now supports oplocks - Python Bindings: Bindings for a future move to Python as the - internal scripting language have been created. - - Shared library use: In support of projects such as OpenChange, - which depend on Samba4, more of Samba4 is built as shared libraries. + GNU Make: To try and simplfy our build system, we rely on GNU Make + to avoid autogenerating a massive single makefile. These are just some of the highlights of the work done in the past few -months. More details can be found in our SVN history. +months. More details can be found in our GIT history. CHANGES @@ -109,6 +107,7 @@ KNOWN ISSUES actually due to Kerberos objecting to a clock skew between client and server. + RUNNING Samba4 ============== |